Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.IFC Class: ExporterIFCUtils

ExporterIFCUtils.GetIFCClassNameByCategory

Method

Description:
Obtains the IFC class name associated to a given category id for the current export.

Remarks:
IFC class names are affected by the user's entries in the mapping file set for a given export operation.

Syntax

[ObsoleteAttribute("This function is deprecated in Revit 2025.  Please use ExporterIFC.GetCategoryMappingTable instead.")]
public static string GetIFCClassNameByCategory(
	ElementId catId,
	ExporterIFC exporterIFC
)

<ObsoleteAttribute("This function is deprecated in Revit 2025.  Please use ExporterIFC.GetCategoryMappingTable instead.")>
Public Shared Function GetIFCClassNameByCategory ( 
	catId As ElementId,
	exporterIFC As ExporterIFC
) As String

public:
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"This function is deprecated in Revit 2025.  Please use ExporterIFC.GetCategoryMappingTable instead.")]
static String^ GetIFCClassNameByCategory(
	ElementId^ catId, 
	ExporterIFC^ exporterIFC
)

[<ObsoleteAttribute("This function is deprecated in Revit 2025.  Please use ExporterIFC.GetCategoryMappingTable instead.")>]
static member GetIFCClassNameByCategory : 
        catId : ElementId * 
        exporterIFC : ExporterIFC -> string

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
catId	ElementId	The category id.
exporterIFC	ExporterIFC	The exporter.

Return Value

Type	Description
String	The IFC class name. This is an empty string if the element should not be exported because it is not found in the mapping file.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null